Chispa performing live
Our first gathering of the year! Thank you to El Sereno Community Garden for this invitation to co-present an afternoon of learning from the land, sharing food, collective singing, and listening to Chispa’s debut album Somos Medicina. The album is a reflection of our interdependence with the land, the plants that nourish us, and the friendships and community ties that help us find our medicine and we’re grateful to share space inhabiting this music together.
This is a community potluck, so feel free to bring something if you can! Garden volunteer Lola Salgado will host a workshop on native pollinators and their habitats. Chispa’s lead singer and producer Julia Rocha-Nava will guide song games for all ages. We’ll also have the chance to listen to the full album and interact with the beautiful risograph printed coloring book that accompanies it.
All of this will take place at El Sereno Community Garden, a space dedicated to environmental justice and community gathering. We hope to see you here!
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Chispa is a music project dreaming of composting systems of oppression, reconnecting with the land, and channeling the power of queer love. Rooted in musical traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean, the project is led by vocalist and songwriter Julia Rocha-Nava, alongside Sebastián Ángel-Romero and a vibrant community of collaborators including Mobéy Lola Irizarry, lee hooper, Li Sierra, Daniela Serna and Jamila Ravel.
Established in 2002, El Sereno Community Garden is a gathering place for community, kindred spirits, and novice and master gardeners to share green space in historic El Sereno.
ESCG is volunteer stewarded and on a weekly basis is known to distribute free food among neighbors, host fundraisers in support of our immediate communities as well as as friends & families in Gaza, and has rooted itself as a hub for sustainable urban agriculture and essential pillar of resource sharing and support.